Burning windows 98

[3DFXVOODOO]

Hello,

What speed should I chose when burning a bootable windows 98 SE cd-rw disk ?

Or doesn't that matter anyway ?

 

[Ztruker]

4X is the usual speed recommend for a bootable CD/DVD. If not available, use the slowest speed offered.

 

[3DFXVOODOO]

Alright thank you.

Would it be too much of a problem to run it on a 40GB harddrive ?

And if so, are there any patches for it ?

 

[AddRAM]

You can run it off a flash drive if you want, a 40 GB drive is more then plenty.

 

[3DFXVOODOO]

Just so you guys know, I am using a real computer for this, an IBM ThinkPad T-21

I seem to be getting an error when windows 98 SE tries to format C:

'Error detected while formatting primary hard disk partition.'

I am using a HITACHI DK23DA-40F as the hardrive.

 

[3DFXVOODOO]

Update: I've got it working, formatted C: with ms dos prompt and then the disk passed all windows 98 Scandisk tests, it's installing now.

Does SE have SP1 already installed ?

 

[AddRAM]

SP1 in windows 98 ???

Do you plan to go online with this pc ? and how ?

 

[3DFXVOODOO]

Well I have a folder with the name 'win98sp1' on a disk.

Online ? maybe for fun.

I have an other problem now anyway, it does not have the correct usb drive, so I will try to send one with infrared, and burn it on a disk if that doesnt work.

 

[AddRAM]

Does not have the correct usb drive for what ?

As far as I remember Windows 98 doesn`t have the files for high speed internet, only dialup modem, but don`t quote me.

Let us know how it turns out.

 

[LMiller7]

High speed Internet should work if you can get network access. You will want to upgrade to Internet Explorer 6 even if you don't intend to use it. IE is a part of the OS, not just a browser.

 

[3DFXVOODOO]

Update: Succesfully installed usb 2.0 drivers, added a mass storage driver later and I can now open usb sticks, saves me the hassle of using infrared or cd-rw's if I need to transfer files.

*Flips off infrared*

Will finish installing display and soundblaster drivers, then Ethernet.

 

[AddRAM]

I`m bored, so I`m doing the same thing LOL

 

[3DFXVOODOO]

The 3com ethernet driver wants secure32.dll but can't find it, any ideas where that could be ?


I used a third party drive for the mass storage btw, I think at least, from the web.

There are still some free dail-up internet services by the way, fun for irc and bulletin boards.

Update: finished installing 3com drive, had to select the win98 folder in the CD

the 3com diag fails to load the library however, so I will have to look into that.

I am not even sure if the t21 has that network mini-pci card installed, but there are only two driver downloads available, one doesn't do much and the second one is the 3com.

 

[AddRAM]

I`m still formatting the 160 GB drive, takes awhile with 98

Should`ve just used a 40

 

[3DFXVOODOO]

I`m still formatting the 160 GB drive, takes awhile with 98

Should`ve just used a 40

I used this for the usb mass storage device Windows 98SE USB Mass Storage Device Drivers

 

[AddRAM]

Not worried about that, just doin it to see if I can can to the net through ethernet . Should be interesting

The only windows 98 pc we`ve had in the house used the phone line and AOL.

Installed 98 and I get the following error message....

Insufficient memory to initialize windows ( has 2 GB )

 

[3DFXVOODOO]

Too much memory I guess, try less, 1Gb, 500MB

I don't have any luck with the ethernet drives today, just installed display and audio drives, looks way better now ! the only 'problem' device left is the communication pci device.

The t-21 should use a sb-16/pro as a sound card, thus supporting pure dos games, the driver from the driver website is a crystal fusion driver, so I will have to test it out of it supports dos games with sb16/pro

Otherwise I could try dedicated sb16 drivers for either a dual boot dos or win98/95

 

[strollin]

I have Win 98SE running in a VM, no physical machine for it any longer. I also have Win 95 and DOS 6.2 VMs. Both those Windows VMs have internet and network access.

Even 500MB is probably too much for Win 98, try 64M.

 

[3DFXVOODOO]

I have Win 98SE running in a VM, no physical machine for it any longer. I also have Win 95 and DOS 6.2 VMs. Both those Windows VMs have internet and network access.

Even 500MB is probably too much for Win 98, try 64M.

I am running win98 with around 385 mb of ram

Doing a hd surface scan at the moment with scandisk, 3.4 hours :3

I should also be doing a scan on my two much older laptop hardrives from 1993, perhaps tomorrow.

 

[AddRAM]

They have internet probably because they are in a VM.